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Anthony Marais quotes: Words are a means to an end. Those who chase after them inevitably fail to reach that end.

Words are a means to an end. Those who chase after them inevitably fail to reach that end.

Anthony Marais quotes: To measure up takes skill, but to err is an art.

To measure up takes skill, but to err is an art.

Anthony Marais quotes: In California depth is measured in feet: six feet on one end of the pool and three feet on the other.

In California depth is measured in feet: six feet on one end of the pool and three feet on the other.

Anthony Marais quotes: Sympathy is to love thy neighbor. Empathy is to leave her alone.

Sympathy is to love thy neighbor. Empathy is to leave her alone.

Anthony Marais quotes: If death is perfect enlightenment, life appears to be the perfect opposite.

If death is perfect enlightenment, life appears to be the perfect opposite.

Anthony Marais quotes: The key to writing is something to be stolen. How else does one open the door to a house of thieves?

The key to writing is something to be stolen. How else does one open the door to a house of thieves?

Anthony Marais quotes: Reality is fatal whereas fantasy is something to die for.

Reality is fatal whereas fantasy is something to die for.

Anthony Marais quotes: Marriage is a lie - the most beautiful lie two people can share.

Marriage is a lie - the most beautiful lie two people can share.

Anthony Marais quotes: Stereotypes are based on the idea that two heads are bigger than one.

Stereotypes are based on the idea that two heads are bigger than one.

Anthony Marais quotes: To imagine the world without gods and religion is reasonable enough; to imagine mankind without them is an entirely different matter.

To imagine the world without gods and religion is reasonable enough; to imagine mankind without them is an entirely different matter.

Anthony Marais quotes: There is nothing more blinding than having seen the light, and nothing more tiresome than sharing it.

There is nothing more blinding than having seen the light, and nothing more tiresome than sharing it.

Anthony Marais quotes: Fireworks: we shoot them off gaily while our dogs hide under the bed. Philosophers are dogs!

Fireworks: we shoot them off gaily while our dogs hide under the bed. Philosophers are dogs!

Anthony Marais quotes: Cockroach: What is war?Man: How we lost the human race.

Cockroach: What is war?
Man: How we lost the human race.

Anthony Marais quotes: Just because one is born in sin is no reason to brag about it.

Just because one is born in sin is no reason to brag about it.

Anthony Marais quotes: Writers are compulsive liars desperately trying to tell themselves the truth.

Writers are compulsive liars desperately trying to tell themselves the truth.

Anthony Marais quotes: Writers are liars trying to come clean. That's why the best ones are the most tragic.

Writers are liars trying to come clean. That's why the best ones are the most tragic.

Anthony Marais quotes: Race should be seen in one way, and one way only: on your marks, get set, go!

Race should be seen in one way, and one way only: on your marks, get set, go!

Anthony Marais quotes: Culture preaches monogamy while Nature repeats it - over and over again.

Culture preaches monogamy while Nature repeats it - over and over again.

Anthony Marais quotes: We are not born with a need for knowledge, but a hunger for it. Eve bit the apple and it has been gluttony ever since.

We are not born with a need for knowledge, but a hunger for it. Eve bit the apple and it has been gluttony ever since.

Anthony Marais quotes: Infatuation is measured in pleasure. Love is measured in pain. Behold the value of pain!

Infatuation is measured in pleasure. Love is measured in pain. Behold the value of pain!

Anthony Marais quotes: It is said that the depressive has a clearer view of reality than does the euphoric. Perhaps, but the euphoric has a clearer view of life.

It is said that the depressive has a clearer view of reality than does the euphoric. Perhaps, but the euphoric has a clearer view of life.

Anthony Marais quotes: Those who do not preach life but live it do not smile to the lily near the bank; they look for stones and hang on.

Those who do not preach life but live it do not smile to the lily near the bank; they look for stones and hang on.

Anthony Marais quotes: There may be deep thought, but deep people don't exist. Our bodies must float on the surface, otherwise we drown.

There may be deep thought, but deep people don't exist. Our bodies must float on the surface, otherwise we drown.

Anthony Marais quotes: Physiologically, the union of two opposites is a pleasurable affair. Why should the psyche be any different?

Physiologically, the union of two opposites is a pleasurable affair. Why should the psyche be any different?

Anthony Marais quotes: There are but two states to the primitive mind: warring and boring.

There are but two states to the primitive mind: warring and boring.

Anthony Marais quotes: Modernity of form is the style of old fogies yet to be.

Modernity of form is the style of old fogies yet to be.

Anthony Marais quotes: Temptation is the voice of reason without its clothes on.

Temptation is the voice of reason without its clothes on.

Anthony Marais quotes: Proximity to reality induces feelings of emptiness, horror and depression. Do not approach it alone.

Proximity to reality induces feelings of emptiness, horror and depression. Do not approach it alone.

Anthony Marais quotes: From our myopia arose our dystopia.

From our myopia arose our dystopia.

Anthony Marais quotes: If culture were clothing, it would be more like negligee than a parka. That's why it's so sexy.

If culture were clothing, it would be more like negligee than a parka. That's why it's so sexy.

Anthony Marais quotes: Somethingism is better than nihilism.

Somethingism is better than nihilism.

Anthony Marais quotes: The hermit is he who needs a friend, and in the absence of a community has befriended himself.

The hermit is he who needs a friend, and in the absence of a community has befriended himself.

Anthony Marais quotes: It's always the bastard who is most patriotic.

It's always the bastard who is most patriotic.

Anthony Marais quotes: We need but three things to change the world: a brain, a heart, and a friend.

We need but three things to change the world: a brain, a heart, and a friend.

Anthony Marais quotes: No philosopher was ever apathetic. If there is no love, it is not philosophy.

No philosopher was ever apathetic. If there is no love, it is not philosophy.

Anthony Marais quotes: If pleasure is Nature's seal of approval, sleep is her reward.

If pleasure is Nature's seal of approval, sleep is her reward.

Anthony Marais quotes: We are all born wise. Unfortunately, we all don't die that way.

We are all born wise. Unfortunately, we all don't die that way.

Anthony Marais quotes: Novelty does not require intelligence, but ignorance, which is why the young excel in this branch.

Novelty does not require intelligence, but ignorance, which is why the young excel in this branch.

Anthony Marais quotes: A creative life has nothing to do with where you're from or how much money you earn. It's merely a reflection of the creative intellect.

A creative life has nothing to do with where you're from or how much money you earn. It's merely a reflection of the creative intellect.

Anthony Marais quotes: When hunting a Maltese Falcon, catch it, but don't scratch it!

When hunting a Maltese Falcon, catch it, but don't scratch it!

Anthony Marais quotes: A joke is a question of mind over manner.

A joke is a question of mind over manner.

Anthony Marais quotes: Laughing is the body's approval of the absurd.

Laughing is the body's approval of the absurd.

Anthony Marais quotes: Is it not ignorance that we share? A lie takes two. The truth we find alone.

Is it not ignorance that we share? A lie takes two. The truth we find alone.

Anthony Marais quotes: Wisdom doesn't come only from the experience you have had, but from the experience you have chosen not to have.

Wisdom doesn't come only from the experience you have had, but from the experience you have chosen not to have.